Nowadays, many people prefer to use soup-making and porridge-making as ways to nourish and regulate their bodies. For those who spend a long time looking at screens, we recommend several eye-protecting dietary therapy recipes that can effectively alleviate eye discomfort and have an auxiliary treatment effect on eye diseases.
Longma Xingshen Decoction
Ingredients: Five-fingered dragon (Five-fingered Hawthorn) 20 grams, sea horse 1 piece, rehmannia 1 gram, brown rice 15 grams, goji berries 10 grams, skinned chicken or lean pork 25-5 grams, 3 red dates.
Method: Wash the chicken or lean pork, boil it in boiling water for a while, then add it together with the prepared five-finger bamboo shoots, sea horses, yam, millet and goji berries into a clay pot. Add an appropriate amount of water and cook the soup; first bring it to a boil over high heat, then simmer over low heat for 40 minutes. After adding the seasonings, it can be taken.
Efficacy: Tonifies qi and supplements yang. Suitable for various chronic eye diseases, such as unhealed diabetic retinopathy, persistent macular edema that does not subside, ischemic optic neuropathy, optic nerve atrophy, and chronic glaucoma.
Chonggui Tongluo Decoction
Ingredients: Ligusticum chuanxiong 10 grams, Angelica sinensis 10 grams, Centipede 3 grams, Peppermint root 10-15 grams, Astragalus 10-15 grams, Dried orange peel 1 small piece, Pork tendon or skinless chicken about 50 grams.
Method: Wash the pork shank meat or skinless chicken, boil them in boiling water for a while, then add them along with other ingredients to a clay pot and add an appropriate amount of water to make soup; first bring it to a boil over high heat, then simmer over low heat for 40 minutes, season it and it can be consumed.
Efficacy: Promotes blood circulation and relieves blood stasis, facilitates water drainage and resolves lumps. Suitable for patients with central retinal vein occlusion, arterial occlusion, ischemic optic neuropathy, and proliferative diabetic retinopathy.
Papaya Two-Meter Porridge
Ingredients: Half a papaya, 30 grams of millet, 20 grams of ledeburia seeds, 10 grams of mountain yam, 100 grams of carp or rabbit meat.
Method: Fry the carp fish slightly with oil, wrap it with a filter cloth, or remove the bones from the rabbit meat, wash it, boil it in boiling water, then put it together with the prepared other ingredients into a clay pot, add an appropriate amount of water, and simmer until it is tender.
Functions: Tonifies the spleen, nourishes yin, and eliminates dampness. Suitable for those with dry eyes, meibomian gland dysfunction, and those who have dryness, photophobia, tearing, sticky eyes, and eye fatigue due to prolonged exposure to screens.
It should be noted that the ingredients for the above soup and porridge are all for one person. People with specific symptoms can have it 1-2 times a week. The meat soup should not be boiled for too long as it releases a large amount of purine, which is not suitable for patients with high uric acid levels. Additionally, dietary therapy cannot replace medication. It is best to follow the guidance of a doctor when making dietary supplements.
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